Diving In

Louise and Virginia dive deep into all thing’s books for Teen Readers, books categorised ‘Young Adult’ but marketed to teenagers.  They discuss the creation of the category, whether publishers should provide some sort of classification system, or content advice as well as four great books and one book that, whilst very gripping,  is surely mis-categorised - to Virginia’s dismay!  As always they finish the conversation with a few other things they’ve been diving into recently.
 
Books
Return to Sender by Lauren Draper
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
Bear by Kiri Lightfoot
What’s Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness
My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery
 
Other things
JournalTok
 
Television 
Three Families – ABC iView
 
Film
Rental Family
 
Email [email protected]
Instagram @diving_in_podcast
Song ‘Diving In’ – Original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linktr.ee/llauraadeline
Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher
Graphics by Orla Larkin – [email protected]

Louise and Virginia have finally made it back to the Podcast Studio (Virginia’s dining room) after a gap of more than 18 months, and despite having forgotten how to do a podcast they somehow managed to review two new excellent Australian books that both have a journalist as the central character. They also chat about a few of the non-bookish things they’ve been diving into recently.
Books
The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done by Clare Stephens
Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton
Television Shows
Victoria Beckham documentary – Netflix
One Shot - Ed Sheeran documentary
The Hack – Stan
Theatre
Bell Shakespeare Company
Housekeeping
Email [email protected]
Instagram @diving_in_podcast
Song ‘Diving In’ – Original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linktr.ee/llauraadeline
Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher
Graphics by Orla Larkin – [email protected]

Virginia and Louise do a deep dive into Barbara Kingsolver’s Pullitzer Prize winning and compelling novel Demon Copperhead and talk all things Charles Dickens as well as adding some shameful new entries to the infamous Ick Register.

Books
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, 1838
Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, 1854
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 2023 

More Deep Dives
Emma, by Jane Austen

Television
Emma, mini series,  2009 
Slow Horses, series 1-3 Apple TV+
One Day, Netflix 2023

Louise and Virginia thought it might be fun to do an episode on books that they feel a bit embarrassed to have never read (until now). There were a lot of books to choose from, but they discuss four in this conversation.  
  
During this chat they also create an Ick Register for authors who use words that give the ick, so that readers can be warned in advance (kind of like a trigger warning, but more basic).  
 
Books  
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro  
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin  
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote  
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson  
   
Television Shows  
Scrublands - Stan  
Boy Swallows Universe – Netflix  
 
Podcasts  
The Children of Rutherford County – Serial  
The Queen’s Reading Room

Louise and Virginia have a great conversation about a lovely Western Australian novel. Salt River Road by the very talented debut author Molly Schmidt captures the large Tetley family at the worst time of their lives. Their wife and mother, Elena, has died after a long illness and left them all devastated. Although the book looks at grief through the eyes of several different characters, it has a forward-moving arc, plenty of heart, and a wonderful ending, with an authentic Western Australian, 1970s feel.
Book
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt, 2023, published by Fremantle Press
Binge TV
Strife
Netflix
The Crown